#FridayFictioneers: Is it Safe?

Once again a Friday is upon us, and that means it’s time for some 100-word fiction! Thanks once again go to Madison Woods for lashing together this rag-tag group of wonderful writers and challenging us all to write flash fiction stories based on a single photo prompt.

This week’s prompt gave me an idea straight away and it’s more-or-less unchanged for the final story.

Oh gawd this is scary! Could actually give you nightmares. I work in a big old mill, don’t fancy walking through it now in the dark. As I suppose you intended to scare the hell out whoever read it, I can only say brilliant job.

Rasping breath, angular frame, ‘that’ eye… bone chilling stuff. I think you’ve done a superb job here. This feels like it could be an extension/side story to your zombie serial, maybe some other form of terror stalking the night. You can really tell that you’re at home with this genre. When you enjoy yourself, so do we as readers. Top notch stuff 🙂

Thank you very much for your kind words. I also love your take on the creature, as it’s so wildly different from what I’d pictured in my head – I’m glad though, I’d deliberately left the description vague enough for you to make up your own mind. I’m happy that it paid off! 🙂

This is a wonderfully crafted example of the premise that sometimes less IS more. While nothing overtly bad has, as yet, befallen the girls, one is left with the sure and certain belief that something bad is definitely GOING to happen. This was a very enjoyable read. Thanks for your insightful feedback of my effort.

Thanks Madison, either I’ve found my niche or I should be worried about what people here might think of me!
In all seriousness though, thanks again for this week’s prompt as it obviously set something alight within me.

“the girls could no longer hear its rasping breath or the creaking of bones in its angular frame as it moved.” plus its “bloodshot yellow eye” all extremely effective, excellent interpretation. Can’t resist a good horror piece….